100 games in… where has the time/my life gone.
Best Game I Had Not Previously Played
This is always a very hard one to do. For a while I believed it would be Prototype since I loved it utterly. However, after I played Infamous I was hooked line and sinker. The whole idea of controlling electricity has always been rather appealing and the novel way of moving around the open world charmed me instantly. The fact that this was one of the games I got with my lovely PS3 does not factor into this… maybe.
Other games that charmed me utterly include Skies of Arcadia, Final Fantasy XII, Guild Wars and Shadow of the Colossus.
Worst Game
Although I have been fairly negative when talking about a number of games there have been very few games that I could say that I did not enjoy on any level.
This, however, was not the case with Paradroid which I thought was absolute pants. We actually ended the post being positive since we were not exactly comfortable with damning a well liked game. However, despite the interest that I found in this game it is still not one I would want to return to any time soon.
Most Surprising Game
This is the hardest on to do of the five sections since many have surprised me in positive ways. Skies of Arcadia helped restore my faith in JRPGs, No More Heroes introduced me to the baffling world of Suda51, Super Metroid survived the ravages of time with grace and punch and then there was the awesome puzzlerZack & Wiki.
However, the title for biggest surprise lies with Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. It not only showed off all the GBA to Gamecube adapter could do (apparently similar things to the up and coming Wii U controller) but it also demonstrated how well a multiplayer JRPG could work.
Biggest Disappointment
I loved Guild Wars completely which meant that when it came to playing the Mac Daddy of them all I had such high expectations… but these were not met at all. In fact I did not enjoy it and was unable to get hooked by the apparently magnetic pull of World of Warcraft. I never even thought of playing it again after my original gaming session and for a format that relies so much on monthly subscriptions I was truly disappointed.
Games We Kept Playing
You know what’s coming right? Despite World of Warcraft being unable to bewitch me Guild Wars has caused me to lose plenty of daylight hours to my Ranger/Mesmer avatar and her delightful pet tiger.
Although I actually completed Infamous I still rank Guild Wars as the most addictive of games and I cannot wait until Guild Wars 2 sees the light of day.